Umar Akmal equals unwanted record, gets trolled by Pakistan fans

Akmal, who had scored a 0 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, on Monday returned to the pavilion without troubling the scorers at the Gadaffi Stadium.

Pakistan’s Umar Akmal has joined former Sri Lankan batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan in an unwarranted list of scoring the maximum number of ducks in T20 Internationals. Akmal, who had scored a 0 in the first T20I against Sri Lanka, on Monday returned to the pavilion without troubling the scorers at the Gadaffi Stadium in the second match which the team from the island nation won comfortably by 35 runs to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.

Pakistani batsman Umar Akmal, left, looks to umpire while Sri Lankan pacer Nuwan Pradeep appeals for his dismissal. (AP)

Akmal now has 10 ducks in 84 T20Is he has played so far for Pakistan and jointly holds the record alongside Dilshan who had same number of ducks in 80 matches for Sri Lanka. Third in the list comes Luke Wright of England who has scored 9 ducks. For India, Rohit Sharma has the maximum number of zeroes as he has scored 6 ducks in 98 T20Is till now.

Following another poor show, Akmal was heavily trolled on social media by his own fans. His return into the Pakistan side hasn’t gone as per plan and Akmal is facing the burnt of it.

The third and the final T20I will be played on Wednesday.

((With agency inputs))